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STRAIGHT. Angry farmers: hundreds of tractors expected for EU summit in Brussels

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  • Some 91 protesters were arrested after attempting to invade the Rungis market. Fifteen more people were detained earlier in the day.
  • “The red line has been crossed,” Laurent Nunez said of the action. The Paris police chief also said that seven blockades were still in force in Ile-de-France.
  • The farmers took the A6 motorway to Chilly-Mazarin, a few kilometers from Rungis and Orly airport. They approached a few meters to the gendarmerie armored vehicles.
  • Emmanuel Macron will meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the European Council headquarters at 9am today.
  • The measures announced by Gabriel Attal on Tuesday during his general political speech, as well as last Friday in Haute-Garonne, did not convince farmers.
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Hundreds of tractors are expected in Brussels

Moreover, according to a representative of the Walloon Federation of Agriculture (FWA), “between 100 and 300 tractors will be assembled in Brussels.” This is where the European Parliament is located, where the summit will take place this Thursday. Delegations of French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese farmers are expected in the morning, and some farmers are even already there.

06:07

Agricultural anger sparks tense European summit in Brussels

Fallow lands, MERCOSUR, Ukrainian products… Emmanuel Macron wants to persuade his neighbors to make gestures towards farmers on the occasion of the extraordinary meeting of the European Council, which will take place this Thursday.

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Good morning

Welcome to the live broadcast on farmers’ anger and demands.

Source: Le Parisien

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